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and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a good feel for, who is this man who is the president and how did he change over the time that you've known him? seems like there was a definitive time around 2005-2006 that you say he shifted. please walk us through that. >> again, i first started meeting with president bashar in 2004. i found him to be very welcoming, very unpretentious, self-depricating even, and i never saw him in the mold of a moammar gadhafi or saddam hussein. that's the group he is associated with these days and not a very good group to be associated with. and many people who have met all three -- i did not immediate gadhafi or sa
and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a...
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we're just at the beginning of a very long struggle for syria. >> what are our options in syria? >> aaron is actually right. i was in lebanon in beirut. i went to the south and inside syria for three days in july. it's true. the civil war will outlive bah sha -- bashar al assad. all the minorities are fearing today. they're, of course, pro-assad, simply because they fear the hard core islamist element within the free syrian army is what's blocking them from major defection. they feel their interests will be actually threatened in the future. they will not -- they are not willing to join them for a reason. they know there will be retaliation against them. not for what they did with assad, for who they are. the army today and their leader need to come out publicly and say that there will be a formula of power sharing for the future of syria for a post-assad era that include them and not exclude them. they need to understand that they will be safe and be protected. >> so enjoyed this insightful conversation. thanks to both of you. >>> coming up, a major tea party player stepping asi
we're just at the beginning of a very long struggle for syria. >> what are our options in syria? >> aaron is actually right. i was in lebanon in beirut. i went to the south and inside syria for three days in july. it's true. the civil war will outlive bah sha -- bashar al assad. all the minorities are fearing today. they're, of course, pro-assad, simply because they fear the hard core islamist element within the free syrian army is what's blocking them from major defection. they...
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. >> a german lawmaker plans to send patriot missiles to turkey's border with syria. a shooting at a school in the united states -- 27 people reported dead. most of them children. >> it happened friday morning at an elementary school in the state of connecticut. a parent inside the school at the time reports hearing was sounded like at least 100 rounds being fired. >> this is the scene at sandy hook elementary school. sources saying the suspect is also among the dead and that the body is in a classroom at the school. police say they have recovered two weapons from the suspect. the students kindergarten through fourth graders were all evacuated to a nearby fire station. all schools in the area are under lock down right now. >> law enforcement officials has -- have confirmed the shooter has been found dead inside the school building. >> officials say the scene of the shooting is now secure. >> there were several fatalities at the scene, both students and staff. the shooter is deceased inside the building. >> the governor took a call from president obama a little while a
. >> a german lawmaker plans to send patriot missiles to turkey's border with syria. a shooting at a school in the united states -- 27 people reported dead. most of them children. >> it happened friday morning at an elementary school in the state of connecticut. a parent inside the school at the time reports hearing was sounded like at least 100 rounds being fired. >> this is the scene at sandy hook elementary school. sources saying the suspect is also among the dead and that...
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what about a no-fly zone in syria? there's military differences, russian, imported anti-aircraft, so sophisticated things, but the answer that boast romney and obama gave was, no, no military involvement. no-fly zone is a step towards military environment, but not a full military environment. what's your -- way would be your answer to that question? >> well, frankly, i think that the, you know, this is some of the calculation that went into the intervention in libya was if we intervened in syria, we already have done this. that's too flipped, but that's what one -- personally, i, you know, if in that position, i would be in favor of the no-fly zone. i think that -- so would the turks. they are saying, look, you're repeating history over and over here again. >> [inaudible] >> what i think is problematic is offering -- is sending, you know, certain caliber weapons to opposition which we don't know who they are, and that's also repeating a bad precedent. you don't want the weapons to fall into the wrong hands. you know, w
what about a no-fly zone in syria? there's military differences, russian, imported anti-aircraft, so sophisticated things, but the answer that boast romney and obama gave was, no, no military involvement. no-fly zone is a step towards military environment, but not a full military environment. what's your -- way would be your answer to that question? >> well, frankly, i think that the, you know, this is some of the calculation that went into the intervention in libya was if we intervened...
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i pray for the christians in syria i pray for the secularists in syria i pray for the liberals in syria for anybody who is not affiliated with the islam or fascists groups like the muslim brotherhood or the cell of the jihadists. whatever you want to name them. everybody is in danger in syria. at this at this moment if so the regime falls everybody who is not part of the islamist movement would be a great danger not only to christians. i want to thank you very much for joining us is. as a middle east analyst. well still ahead here on araa take on the seemingly endless and increasingly violent drug war mexico's police have more than a small criminal gang to deal with these cartels are well organized and armed to the gills i had a look at the tools of this of this trade and the seriousness of the problem. in a climate of american power continues. things are so bad might actually be time revolution. and it turns out that a particular drink of starbucks reza surprising ingredient. so . here's mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that the americans call a dollar. i'm sorry
i pray for the christians in syria i pray for the secularists in syria i pray for the liberals in syria for anybody who is not affiliated with the islam or fascists groups like the muslim brotherhood or the cell of the jihadists. whatever you want to name them. everybody is in danger in syria. at this at this moment if so the regime falls everybody who is not part of the islamist movement would be a great danger not only to christians. i want to thank you very much for joining us is. as a...
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to the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey in any case those missiles are to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells or mortars that are informing the the turkish border accidentally so the obvious question is why those patriots there and the speculation is based on the fact that perhaps they're there as the first step to declaring a no fly zone and direct measurement of intervention sometime next year and one has to ask the question who did the germans who did the british who did the americans who although i think it's a point in syria they are not supporting groups who are committed to democracy not supporting groups that committed to a political transition not supporting groups that are committed to in any way the formation of an open transparent state. john such as. finding legal loopholes to avoid paying tax on a huge profits he case losing billions of pounds of the public demands rich firms start paying more on t
to the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey in any case those missiles are to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells or mortars that are informing the the turkish border accidentally so the obvious question is why those patriots there and the speculation is based on the fact that perhaps they're there as the first step to...
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great chief foreign correspondent richard engel, and his crew are free after being held captive in syria for five days. they were abducted by a group of gunmen after they drove through what they thought was rebel-controlled territory. they escaped during a firefight between their captors and the rebels. and they safely reached turkey today. this morning on the "today" show, engel described the kinds of things he and his crew were subjected to by their kidnappers. >> they kept us blindfolded, bound. we weren't physically beaten or tortured. it was a lot of psychological torture, threats of being killed. they made us choose which one of us would be shot first, and when we refused, there were mock shootings. >> mock shootings. richard engel is back with us. he's one of the best reporters around the world regularly risking his life to report from war zones across the middle east. we're very happy he's safe and sound tonight, and we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." by most accounts the two sides in the fiscal cliff talks are moving closer and closer to striking a deal. well,
great chief foreign correspondent richard engel, and his crew are free after being held captive in syria for five days. they were abducted by a group of gunmen after they drove through what they thought was rebel-controlled territory. they escaped during a firefight between their captors and the rebels. and they safely reached turkey today. this morning on the "today" show, engel described the kinds of things he and his crew were subjected to by their kidnappers. >> they kept us...
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i pray for the christians in syria i pray for the seculars in syria i pray for the liberals in syria praying for anybody who is not affiliated with the islam or fascists groups like the muslim brotherhood or the salivary jihadists etc you use whatever you want to name them. everybody is in danger in syria this at this at this moment if the assad regime falls then everybody who is not part of the islamist movements will be a great danger not only to christians are at a mad i want to thank you very much for joining us that was a mad. and middle east analyst. also ahead here on our table and the seemingly endless and increasingly violent drug war mexico's mexico's police have more than a small criminal gang to deal with these cartels are well organized and armed to the gills i had a look at the tools of the trade and the seriousness of this problem. it's part of american power continues. things in our country. might actually be time for a revolution. and it turns out that a procurer drug or starbucks has a surprising. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that
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we start tonight in syria. the damascus airport was reopened friday following fighting that saw international flights canceled thursday republics say they destroyed regular syrian army vehicles near the airport while syrian military jets bombed damascus suburbs that are the strongholds for the rebellan. the rebels have enjoyed a series of tactical successes in the recent weeks capturing air bases and military supplies. the rebels have also scored on the diplomatic front, as britain, france, turkey and the gulf cooperation council recently recognized their umbrella group the national coalition of syrian revolutionary and oppositional forces as the legitimate representative of the syrian people. and now the u.s. may go along as well 37 in washington today secretary of state hillary clinton was guarded as she discussed the rebel's recent successes. >> opposition in syria is now holding ground, and they are better equipped and more able to bring the fight to the government forces. i don't know that you can say that
we start tonight in syria. the damascus airport was reopened friday following fighting that saw international flights canceled thursday republics say they destroyed regular syrian army vehicles near the airport while syrian military jets bombed damascus suburbs that are the strongholds for the rebellan. the rebels have enjoyed a series of tactical successes in the recent weeks capturing air bases and military supplies. the rebels have also scored on the diplomatic front, as britain, france,...
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inside syria state media reports that a rebel mortar attack on a school in the damascus suburbs killed twenty nine students and a teacher is the latest incident of collateral damage in the conflict that has allegedly claimed hundreds of lives in the past few days alone the syrian government maintains it's fighting terrorists armed and controlled from abroad well let's get some reaction now from asia times correspondent escobar joins me live now from. brazil welcome to expect condemnation from nato nations for this latest alleged atrocities by the rebels they're obviously very quick to condemn anything that they see and has been committed by a sad. no there won't be any condemnation it's it's a one sided war of course everything that evil but sheryl's of government does it need as you call it that not significantly from the opposition or. extremely dodgy groups that comprise that was issued by the way revamped as a new syrian national council by orders of hillary clinton in both the two weeks ago and now we have the new you there who never shows up anywhere. keep up the team is the form
inside syria state media reports that a rebel mortar attack on a school in the damascus suburbs killed twenty nine students and a teacher is the latest incident of collateral damage in the conflict that has allegedly claimed hundreds of lives in the past few days alone the syrian government maintains it's fighting terrorists armed and controlled from abroad well let's get some reaction now from asia times correspondent escobar joins me live now from. brazil welcome to expect condemnation from...
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topics ranging from syria's bloody war to russia u.s. relations and is going on joins us now live for more on basic or good morning so what exactly did before and minister have to say on the global developments that shakes this year. for syria still continues to be in the center of everybody's attention so of course it was touched upon as well and the russian foreign minister stressed once again that there could be only a diplomatic solution to the conflict based on agreements reached earlier by world powers in geneva which basically call both sides of the car the two simultaneously and immediately put their weapons down start a political process and for all members of the international community to apply equal pressure on them to do so at the same time russian foreign minister to mention how. the syrian opposition is a really diverse and how it sounds some of its groups often go to the most extreme measures like taking hostages or conducting terrorist attacks and the foreign minister stressed how it's on except or that some members of t
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repeated and repeated i think one real tragedy is these people went to syria now they get it from both sides. the state and whenever the rebellion is. we have that in the wake of being expelled. i met an old man who had to flee in 1970 with his wife and said christians did not see the writing on the wall and they should have. the same with egypt. now there is a terrible risk. a huge and christian population. the rich are leaving that they can afford a lawyer or the airplane ticket but what is left are the poor. where will they go on foot? sudan, libya and israel by a are putting up another wall. so they cannot go there either. it is an massive refugee problem waiting to happen in. a pattern repeating itself over and over. i know how to sound the alarm with what is coming with refugees. it will be a nightmare. we just finished with the manuscript. it is not a survey but an analysis of the authorities that persecute christians. there are so many we had to add an additional section in the book to cover it. it is a huge problem. the countries that have been expelled by the most obvious bec
repeated and repeated i think one real tragedy is these people went to syria now they get it from both sides. the state and whenever the rebellion is. we have that in the wake of being expelled. i met an old man who had to flee in 1970 with his wife and said christians did not see the writing on the wall and they should have. the same with egypt. now there is a terrible risk. a huge and christian population. the rich are leaving that they can afford a lawyer or the airplane ticket but what is...
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syria is teetering, jordan is burning and the future is yet to be written. the question, will there be elections, will islamists win, will it be one man one vote or one man, one vote, one time. with that, we are going to debate the motion, if democracy is going to triumph are victories at the ballot box unavoidable. we will have opening remarks from our panelists. from there, we will have some question and answers from myself and the audience and our panelists will be allowed two minutes at the end to restate their case and potentially persuade you to believe in what they believe. we'll start with reuel. you may begin. >> this is at such an angle, i don't think i can drink. >> i'm confident you will find a way to drink. >> i want to thank everyone for coming and particularly i want to thank my co-panelists here. rob and i have been debating this issue for almost a decade. certainly with bret, i don't think i ever disagreed with him except on this issue and i particularly have to thank my debating colleague, brian katulis from the center of american progress.
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response to the crisis in syria. i believe a political transition to a government that reflects the will of the syrian people is also the core national security interests of the united states in the region. moreover this change would align with our values supporting the democratic process, the basic rights and freedom that should be enjoyed by all people regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender. over the course of the last 20 months the assad regime has unleashed a barrage of unspeakable terror across the country with the sole aim of remaining in power. just hearing in the last couple days, more urgently about weapons of mass destruction and what that could mean. more than 40,000 syrians have been killed, cal was have been injured. refugees surged into neighboring turkey, jordan, lebanon and iraq taxing the limits of those countries and creating a regional crisis. assad's escalation of violence has reached the point where fighter jets have been used to kill civilians according to human-rights watch. hard to compre
response to the crisis in syria. i believe a political transition to a government that reflects the will of the syrian people is also the core national security interests of the united states in the region. moreover this change would align with our values supporting the democratic process, the basic rights and freedom that should be enjoyed by all people regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender. over the course of the last 20 months the assad regime has unleashed a barrage of unspeakable...
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. >> joining me now to help us understand what this means in syria and the larger context of the middle east, from the hoover institution, one of the most astute observers of middle eastern politics. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much, governor. >> eliot: is this recognition by president obama too little too late or appropriately calibrated calibrated. >> you stole my line. it's too little, too late. it doesn't matter what the obama administration is doing. we waited 21 months. 40,000 syrians were killed. thousands of syrian versus fled to turkey, iraq and jordan. many are refugees. the city has been completely leveled to the ground, and now we come, we offer this recognition, it's very lame. >> eliot: will we be in position to affect the outcome. let me state this as a premise. i take it as a premise that assad will fall at some point. his civil society is fallen. do you accept that premise. >> it was a year ago when the obama administration said bashar is a dead man walking. a year later we can see that this may be the end game, but it has nothing to do with what we do a
. >> joining me now to help us understand what this means in syria and the larger context of the middle east, from the hoover institution, one of the most astute observers of middle eastern politics. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much, governor. >> eliot: is this recognition by president obama too little too late or appropriately calibrated calibrated. >> you stole my line. it's too little, too late. it doesn't matter what the obama administration is doing....
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some of the international stories now first to syria with some disturbing images the footage is thought to show rebels allegedly executing an ominous person was not a viable being shot by the gunman is heard referencing and hiding behind several terrorist attacks inside iraq this comes as the armed rebels claim new advances because of towards the capital damascus. north korea says it will try to launch a long range rocket later this month this sorry nation south american states going on as a failed in on april resulted in washington suspending being told to stay. in china for instance i'm summarizing south korea's recent us troop increase souls listed. a cargo plane has crashed into a residential area in the capital of the democratic republic of congo it's feared more than thirty people have died their craft skidded off the runway in bad weather while trying to land hitting houses and before ending up in a ravine all crew members on board are also thought to be killed. well stay with our team back since stacy are on the way to ruffle some feathers among the banking elite. who news sigri
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in syria. senator? >> thank you. we do represent a broad range of views within the senate. the republican caucus, democratic caucus, but there's a unanimous view here today that we support president obama in announcing a red line that should bashar al assad who have murdered tens of thousands of people in the last two years k take the unthink l step -- two years, take the unthinkable step of using these weapons against his people, that there will be prompt consequences. i join this statement today to send a clear message to those from outside the halls of the capital and watch us and see divisions on policy matters, but on the matter of standing behind the president with a statement of principles that we will not stand by as assad uses weapons of mass direction against his people, something we're in a unanimous voice is, i think, the only way to effectively detour, that we can effectively call on the russians to be responsible partners, be accountable to have gotten us to this point and say we
in syria. senator? >> thank you. we do represent a broad range of views within the senate. the republican caucus, democratic caucus, but there's a unanimous view here today that we support president obama in announcing a red line that should bashar al assad who have murdered tens of thousands of people in the last two years k take the unthink l step -- two years, take the unthinkable step of using these weapons against his people, that there will be prompt consequences. i join this...
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we spent the morning talking about syria. the regime with one of the large stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world and biological weapons. a man who has slaughtered 40,000 as some people and clearly is capable of slaughtering many, many more. and i certainly learned a lot from these individuals who are sitting here. one thing i learned just the other day which i was aware of actually from the board is that since world war ii in the least has seen more weapons of mass destruction attacks than any other place on earth. just to go through the list here which may or may not be aware of, egyptians use toggle weapons against yemen between 1963 and 1967. in 1986 the iraqis used chemical weapons against iranians and it is reported that iranians use chemical weapons against iraqis. in 1987 as a chemical weapons against chad. and, of course, as most of you remember, saddam hussein used mustard gas against the kurds. and those of the years when the middle east was stable. think about that. that was when stability brought. well, now
we spent the morning talking about syria. the regime with one of the large stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world and biological weapons. a man who has slaughtered 40,000 as some people and clearly is capable of slaughtering many, many more. and i certainly learned a lot from these individuals who are sitting here. one thing i learned just the other day which i was aware of actually from the board is that since world war ii in the least has seen more weapons of mass destruction attacks...
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and outside syria. we did receive funding from united states institute of peace in from the germans political affairs. economic, restructuring and social policy, rule of law, transitional justice, securities sector reform, electoral system sam constitution designed are the topics. we have provided recommendations to the transitional government. we have not laid out a template or a blueprint. bay our recommendations the transitional government will adopt. in addition to the work we have dead we are entering stage to to incorporate the feedback from the syrians aid station said the country and issue a new version. events over the past week letter lonesome months have escalated now we have a new dynamic. within the day after we don't address foreign policy issues of foreign armed agents on the ground. we called for a dismantling of the system and syria but we call for a gradual tibet the vacation as opposed to one within the government. >> what other members like to address the question? to do with extremi
and outside syria. we did receive funding from united states institute of peace in from the germans political affairs. economic, restructuring and social policy, rule of law, transitional justice, securities sector reform, electoral system sam constitution designed are the topics. we have provided recommendations to the transitional government. we have not laid out a template or a blueprint. bay our recommendations the transitional government will adopt. in addition to the work we have dead we...
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per se but generally basic to issues syria should come to an end to be. and. for the syrians to start building their own democracy the big word on everyone's lips as regards egyptian foreign policy is sinai what on earth is really going on there when of course then i needs to be secure as a part of egypt and the sovereignty of egypt to be supported so why all this talk of a deal with the palestinians of us i've no vested trying to help to put a scene is one thing to do to affect the sovereignty of egypt is another thing from all points of view humanitarian point of view economical to your political point of view that we have to do as we are i'm so happy for the resolution that you know that the but there's an assembly this should be part of the foreign policy of egypt also but the point of course if you took this to effect conciliation between. the hunt hamas within the but as yet i can fight and the west has to change its position on that and not to oppose this conservation we were talking about syria but the same is also an issue that has to be. attended to
per se but generally basic to issues syria should come to an end to be. and. for the syrians to start building their own democracy the big word on everyone's lips as regards egyptian foreign policy is sinai what on earth is really going on there when of course then i needs to be secure as a part of egypt and the sovereignty of egypt to be supported so why all this talk of a deal with the palestinians of us i've no vested trying to help to put a scene is one thing to do to affect the sovereignty...
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situations and you will have situations where radical extremist groups can hijack egypt or libya or syria or elsewhere were you don't have a strong push back which is what i'm suggesting we and our allies in the west need to help provide , support to these brave liberals and moderates in the muslim world who do want to push back but just need the tools to be able to do so. >> try and answer to that question. died and liberty. i think it goes to of the idea that in the concept of god that we have and the judeo-christian approach, there is a sole that each individual has a soul. and that means that each individual is an individual. there are no two alike. and that is the basis for quality. because that means no matter how strong you are, how bright you are, how rich you are, it doesn't matter. you have a soul. i have a soul. we are equal in that sense. that is the case than you have to have liberty because the individual, there is nothing like that individual's own decision to move the decision maker. that gets into the economics of things that we talk about in the public forum. so that is
situations and you will have situations where radical extremist groups can hijack egypt or libya or syria or elsewhere were you don't have a strong push back which is what i'm suggesting we and our allies in the west need to help provide , support to these brave liberals and moderates in the muslim world who do want to push back but just need the tools to be able to do so. >> try and answer to that question. died and liberty. i think it goes to of the idea that in the concept of god that...
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zamzam bargo against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the war torn nation. the new arab spring revolution could be rivaling in the gulf for numerous opposition groups you lied to kuwait waving the ruling dynasties iron fist response an ever more intense a street protests. and the british royal couple's joy of expecting their first baby is marred by a shocking nurse suicide but on the radio prank call for the magazine probably a good jumping down the media's throat. you're watching your g. live from moscow with me to bob would say good to have you with us the softening in a tough standoff between egypt the leader mohamed morsi and a thousand strong army of his opponents it looks like the president could throw in the towel first most these aides claim there's a high chance of one of the key opposition demands will be met that being a delay to an approaching referendum on a controversial islamic led constitution want this from cairo based reporter bell to. the referendum for the experts abroad has been postponed until wednesday in addition the justice minister
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the issue is in countries like syria. the money is much smaller, and the checks and balances that what is the media or the democratic process, and other civil society associations and power centers is absent, completely absent. so even though the pot is smaller, divided in an even much more an equitable way, leading to resentment that will push people to the streets as opposed to the more sort of, you know, democratic countries where these things happen but there is a threshold, economic, and some democrat mechanism kicks in at a certain point, so it's important to not think that these willfully occur and the federal. >> so professor haddad, what about the globalization of the syrian economy? if a marriott wants to open in damascus or something like this, is there, is it just purely private? or is there a state role? >> it's actually been quite close into the 1980s. after the 1990s, early 1990s you begin to see the centers open up. the issue with places like syria is that you can open up such centers and there are in exis
the issue is in countries like syria. the money is much smaller, and the checks and balances that what is the media or the democratic process, and other civil society associations and power centers is absent, completely absent. so even though the pot is smaller, divided in an even much more an equitable way, leading to resentment that will push people to the streets as opposed to the more sort of, you know, democratic countries where these things happen but there is a threshold, economic, and...
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what would you do about syria right now? >> the big problem here is radical islam and the president's refusal to address the issue. the president -- here's a president that ran on women's issues and we have egypt imposing sharia law and you don't hear a word. women have to have head coverings and have no rights and you don't hear the president condemn sharia or radical islam or haven't heard him talk about the problems that are now coming up with muslim brotherhood in control of egypt, in libya and we see obviously elements of muslim brotherhood as part of the syrian lives. you see it going on in jordan. this neighborhood for israel is getting uncomfortable. used to be surrounding israel were some some cases with the exception of jordan, either cool pieces or hostile in the case of syria and lebanon. but they were controlled by basically nonreligious dictators. now we have dictators as you're seeing more doing in egypt, dictating a new constitution. but now you have sharia law and radical islamists who have a thee logical re
what would you do about syria right now? >> the big problem here is radical islam and the president's refusal to address the issue. the president -- here's a president that ran on women's issues and we have egypt imposing sharia law and you don't hear a word. women have to have head coverings and have no rights and you don't hear the president condemn sharia or radical islam or haven't heard him talk about the problems that are now coming up with muslim brotherhood in control of egypt, in...
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and even when his predecessor as envoy to syria kofi annan went to syria to effect some sort of cease-fire. they have never taken hold and the fighting continues unabated and with all the international pressure the last few days look at the staggering death toll in the past week and you can see that it is really not making an impact on the ground there in syria. >> thanks so much. >>> back here at home, the big focus is on the fiscal cliff. washington has less than 48 hours to make a deal before billions in tax increases and spending cuts take effect. senate negotiators stayed late into the night trying to work out a plan that would pass a vote. both houses of congress would convene later this afternoon in a rare sunday session. in his weekly address, the president took his message directly to the public calling for congress to come together to pass a deal. >> for the past couple months, i have been working with people in both parties with the help of business leaders and ordinary americans to come together around a plan to grow the economy and shrink our deficits. it's a balance plan. one
and even when his predecessor as envoy to syria kofi annan went to syria to effect some sort of cease-fire. they have never taken hold and the fighting continues unabated and with all the international pressure the last few days look at the staggering death toll in the past week and you can see that it is really not making an impact on the ground there in syria. >> thanks so much. >>> back here at home, the big focus is on the fiscal cliff. washington has less than 48 hours to...
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from syria then. apart. these two and in fact fight one another but at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide. from. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria within an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless person will be pushing ahead this week seeking an amendment. a number of syrian rebels have created a new unified military command to better coordinate the insurgency in syria but so far it's only cause even more division a spokesman from the free syrian army which was in attendance denounced the new authority as saturated by islamists and by one's control from outside syria meanwhile benevolence is mobilizing to page up missile batteries to send to turkey joining germany and american units there to guard a
from syria then. apart. these two and in fact fight one another but at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide. from. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria within an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands...
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the syrian observatory for syria. he has been invited to talk with the foreign office. >> we talk about how we can help syria with the force of the military. we now know over [inaudible] >> he meets with officials of the british foreign office for three hours. when he gets out, he is already on the phone taking calls from syria. he wants a diplomatic solution to the syrians civil war. he says it's the only way to end the fighting. "the talk about myself. i don't talk about other people. if we continue like about, it's going to destroy the assaaad regime and it will destroy syria. >> they discuss how the meeting went. then it's time to update the web site. news agencies and journalists often turn to the observatory to find out the latest developments in the syrian war. he says he is not for one side or the other, only for human rights. a network of informants keeps him out today. he knows many of them personally. >> we have a doctor in a military hospital, a doctor in field hospitals. we have a journalist. we have a li
the syrian observatory for syria. he has been invited to talk with the foreign office. >> we talk about how we can help syria with the force of the military. we now know over [inaudible] >> he meets with officials of the british foreign office for three hours. when he gets out, he is already on the phone taking calls from syria. he wants a diplomatic solution to the syrians civil war. he says it's the only way to end the fighting. "the talk about myself. i don't talk about...
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they're about to implement syria law. they're protesting the seizure of unrestricted powers by the nation's islamist president and his draft helicopters substitution. what you're looking at is the worst explosion of protesters since the removal of mubarak. women have no rights, no protection from the government unthe new law. i hear one thing from the usually deafening voices of women's liberal groups. silence. is birth control the only defining issue of the u.s. feminist movement? what a double standard we're now witnessing. joining me now for act for america, the president, briggite gabriel. guys, welcome to the program. thank you for being here. this is amazing. we go through a whole election, republican war on women. they don't want to pay for women's birth control. we know what life for women is like. in saudi arabia they can't drive. under the taliban they couldn't go to school or work. we see the stoning of women, women in saudi arabia, they need four male eyewitnesses for rape. all of this. where is the women's mo
they're about to implement syria law. they're protesting the seizure of unrestricted powers by the nation's islamist president and his draft helicopters substitution. what you're looking at is the worst explosion of protesters since the removal of mubarak. women have no rights, no protection from the government unthe new law. i hear one thing from the usually deafening voices of women's liberal groups. silence. is birth control the only defining issue of the u.s. feminist movement? what a...
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in syria the. part. in fact fight one another at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain france the united states now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles of course up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands numb the last person will be pushing ahead this week seeking that amendment and coming up in the next part of the program hundreds of thousands of palestinians welcome home for. the leader of mass is on his first visit to gaza after years in exile calling on his supporters. for the region for the. next winter olympics. you can tell an ordinary russian. apologist. eight different food. different animals. my journey began in the big city was all shiny. and shopping much like any other prosperous russian. so.
in syria the. part. in fact fight one another at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain france the united states now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles of course up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the...
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this has turned into a tragedy in central syria. dozens of people are said to have died at the bakery was hit by a government air strike. this is as they arrived in damascus for more talks aimed at ending the violence. >> panic, chaos, anger. this is the aftermath of what the opposition says was an air strike carried out by a syrian fighter jet. the observatory for human rights says those killed and wounded were queueing outside a bakery. only five days ago it was under the control of government forces. in the rebels recently opened a new battlefront and this region of hama. territorial gains mean little when the states still have superior firepower to strike back. the information minister said the government is willing to engage a in dialogue but the other side is not. >> i have a general advice to those powers that reject. time is getting short. curry and move on to work on a political -- hurried to move on to work on a political solution. this is my advice. >> defiant words and defined actions on the ground. the opposition believ
this has turned into a tragedy in central syria. dozens of people are said to have died at the bakery was hit by a government air strike. this is as they arrived in damascus for more talks aimed at ending the violence. >> panic, chaos, anger. this is the aftermath of what the opposition says was an air strike carried out by a syrian fighter jet. the observatory for human rights says those killed and wounded were queueing outside a bakery. only five days ago it was under the control of...
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groups and steps out to down the use arms embargo against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the war torn nation. also you are exporting revolution could be a ripening in the gulf numerous opposition groups are united in kuwait upgrading their reading to mrs on this response an avenue intended for the screw crowd to head. out of the british royal couple's joy of expecting their first baby is not by a shocking murder suicide for them every day a prank call with an anger public trumping down the media road. and this is all see coming to life for most co hello and welcome to the program in the time standoff between egypt's leader mohamed morsi and the thousands strong all they are his opponents it looks like the president could throw in the towel fuzzed morse's aides claim there is a high chance of one of the key opposition demands will be met that being a delay to an approaching referendum on a controversial islamic led constitution well this knob from cairo based reporter. the referendum for the experts abroad has been postponed until wednesday in addition the ju
groups and steps out to down the use arms embargo against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the war torn nation. also you are exporting revolution could be a ripening in the gulf numerous opposition groups are united in kuwait upgrading their reading to mrs on this response an avenue intended for the screw crowd to head. out of the british royal couple's joy of expecting their first baby is not by a shocking murder suicide for them every day a prank call with an anger...
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have we turned a corner with regards to the situation in syria? caller: it seems to me it is an important juncture, perhaps a crossroads. turning a corner might be going a bit far. president assad still has substantial military capabilities, quite a bit of support. he still has control of the capital. it is a little bit hard to say. clearly the risk and an upswing on the rebel side. -- there has been an upswing on the rebel side. i think there is momentum in favor of the rebels, but this still seems to be a conflict that can go on for a long time. host: if the regime fails, it president assad is forced out, who takes his place? caller: i think that is a major concern on all fronts. there is a great fear there could be anarchy and chaos. people in syria are well aware of what happened in neighboring iraq. there is a large number of people who are not necessarily tied to the government but are extremely frightened that there could be a bloodletting that was seen in neighboring iraq. host: your in beirut. you are obviously not allowed to travel easil
have we turned a corner with regards to the situation in syria? caller: it seems to me it is an important juncture, perhaps a crossroads. turning a corner might be going a bit far. president assad still has substantial military capabilities, quite a bit of support. he still has control of the capital. it is a little bit hard to say. clearly the risk and an upswing on the rebel side. -- there has been an upswing on the rebel side. i think there is momentum in favor of the rebels, but this still...
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don't surprise or shock anybody and like in the case of iraq told this harm was done to syria with a substantial help of the outsiders on the guise of democratic and. i'm talking of memories of twenty great program lined up for you tomorrow night over you will tell you more about that a bit later taking a break from the news next though your essential monthly technology update from our secret anyway very shortly after this break. a sacred place rising out of the waters of the lake the lawn ministry is home to one hundred fifty orthodox monks mostly younger than thirty five and they've come from many different places and backgrounds to live in isolation here spiritual life it takes up many hours on the road to becoming a monk requires both hard work and religious telly cation. salem's to become and has cattle as part of this preparation. however these beasts get a musical company. they can remember sound sequences you know they want this sound signals the flutes the herders had in the old days they needed them it wasn't just a fun thing but these meadows didn't come naturally requirin
don't surprise or shock anybody and like in the case of iraq told this harm was done to syria with a substantial help of the outsiders on the guise of democratic and. i'm talking of memories of twenty great program lined up for you tomorrow night over you will tell you more about that a bit later taking a break from the news next though your essential monthly technology update from our secret anyway very shortly after this break. a sacred place rising out of the waters of the lake the lawn...
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saying with syria now as our reporters who were on the ground throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in two thousand and twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was out of what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compared them to assad cracking down on his people you think but what about the other guy on top of the politics and diplomacy there are facts that are simply too important to ignore. i remember i was a training session of the syrian football team and the coach was very angry with how his players were practice and he was shouting he was swearing from time to time and then i move my head like this just like this and i saw two helicopters flying at the very low altitude and firing we were each out of the hotel restaurant close to us there was a group for rich syrians playing cards from smoke and living life as usual and just the news before that as me and my colleagues were live
saying with syria now as our reporters who were on the ground throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in two thousand and twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was out of what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compared them to assad cracking down on his people you think but what about the...
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britain sets out to alter down the use ohms of bombing against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the vaults or make sure. also a new arab spring revolution could be a ripening in the gulf and numerous opposition groups unite in kuwait drinking beer and dennis says i am based response and i've been the more intense street protests . on the british royal couple's drive expecting their first baby was mauled by a shocking nurse inside forming a radio prank call that i give public jumping down on the media's. russia under around the world this is with me viewed as a hello and welcome to the program and a tough standoff between egypt's leader mohamed morsi under thousand strong army of his opponents it looks like the president could throw in the towel finest most his aides claim there's a high chance one of the key opposition demands will be met that being a delay to an approaching referendum on a controversial islamic led constitution cairo based reporter belcher was at the presidential palace where scores protested of a night as you can probably see behind me there are
britain sets out to alter down the use ohms of bombing against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the vaults or make sure. also a new arab spring revolution could be a ripening in the gulf and numerous opposition groups unite in kuwait drinking beer and dennis says i am based response and i've been the more intense street protests . on the british royal couple's drive expecting their first baby was mauled by a shocking nurse inside forming a radio prank call that i give...
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power in syria now in washington i'm going to check on. there's been more deadly violence in syria with two blasts there primary school southeast of the capital killing at least one person and injuring five in a separate incident a person was wounded following two more explosions near a court building in damascus where foreign policy experts see the warning signs of america recognizing the rebel coalition pushing syria deeper into a crisis which will echo region wide what it does is that opens the door now for much more direct intervention in the civil war it will mean a heavy weapons will come in contention even i think you could end up with a no fly zone it's really pretty much an open declaration of war against the outside regime one of the things that i think is difficult is trying to get really accurate reporting it seems as if the our sort of regime is sort of its back against the wall and yet at the same time it doesn't seem as if the opposition could really hold on to territory i mean this could be a long running thing this could g
power in syria now in washington i'm going to check on. there's been more deadly violence in syria with two blasts there primary school southeast of the capital killing at least one person and injuring five in a separate incident a person was wounded following two more explosions near a court building in damascus where foreign policy experts see the warning signs of america recognizing the rebel coalition pushing syria deeper into a crisis which will echo region wide what it does is that opens...
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syria has used much of its considerable arsenal to crush the rebellion. hidden from view it is believed to have developed a chemical weapons program and there are reports of activity, prompting this uncompromising western message. >> we are concerned for the same reason the united states has. we have sent our own clear, private message directly to them about the serious consequences that would follow from the use of such weapons. >> those consequences are not been spelled out and syria has said it is no intention of using chemical weapons but the deployment of patriot missiles that will take weeks to arrive in turkey will not end this conflict. >> how serious is this koepp merkel wegmanchemical weapons t? thank you for coming. what is the risk that we're looking at here with these chemical weapons in syria? >> most have given up chemical weapons years ago. syria is one of the few that still has them and they have breast sophisticated arsenal. hundreds of tons of mustard gas and it has sarin, scud missiles, air dropped bombs, artillery and missiles. you're
syria has used much of its considerable arsenal to crush the rebellion. hidden from view it is believed to have developed a chemical weapons program and there are reports of activity, prompting this uncompromising western message. >> we are concerned for the same reason the united states has. we have sent our own clear, private message directly to them about the serious consequences that would follow from the use of such weapons. >> those consequences are not been spelled out and...
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in syria then for a part. in fact fight one another at the end of the day is going to be the syrians. who are going to decide not britain france the united states now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supply of course throughout the conflict in syria we see in an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry kidwell end up in the wrong hands nonetheless person will be pushing ahead this week thinking that amendment. u.s. is steadily approaching the fiscal cliff. do you know the fiscal cliff. do you think a lot of americans do you think most people are worried i think they are and i think that if i nor dildo buy nothing's really going to change because the economy think that he might think it'll change i just don't they're going to think about it. president asks if americans are prepared to say that's ahead. plus the russian city of sochi is ge
in syria then for a part. in fact fight one another at the end of the day is going to be the syrians. who are going to decide not britain france the united states now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supply of course throughout the conflict in syria we see in an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry kidwell end up in...